2002  Summer Lecture Series

 

Rensselaer’s Darrin Fresh Water Institute, located on Route 9N, and the Historical Society of Bolton

are pleased to co-host a series of distinguished presentations

 

 

 

    July 8            The Karner Blue Butterfly and the Albany Pinebush

                        Lynn Schumann, Executive Director, Lake George Land Conservancy, Bolton Landing, NY

 

    July 15            Journey into Amazing Caves

                          Donald Aulenbach, Professor Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Clifton Park, NY

 

July 22        Lake George Water Quality after 20 Years of Measurement: Do We Dare to Drink the Water?

Charles W. Boylen, Associate Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute & Professor of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Bolton Landing, NY

 

July 29        Harold Bixby and Charles Lindbergh: A Bixby Family Retrospective on the 75th Anniversary of the Historic Flight

Edgar M. Caldwell, The Historical Society of the Town of Bolton, Bolton Landing, NY

 

 August 5            Things that Crawl along the Trail: A Herpetologist’s View of the Adirondacks

                          Todd Hunsinger, Adjunct Curator, NYS Museum, Albany, NY

 

August 12      Mammals of the Adirondacks, from Mice to Moose

                         Gerry Lemmo, Professional Wildlife Photographer, Glens Falls, NY

 

August 19            Early Underwater Adventures in Lake George: SCUBA and Submarines in the 1950s

                         David G. Diehl, Site Manager, Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Bolton Landing, NY

 

August 26            Historic Logging in the Adirondacks and Vermont Using 35 mm Slides and

16 mm Film

                         Richard Nason, Consultant, Finch Pruyn Company, Glens Falls, NY

 

 

Programs are on Monday evenings beginning at 7:30 PM. The public is cordially invited free of charge.

 

Funding for this series is provided by generous gifts from The Knapp Fund and numerous individuals.

Seminars are video taped by the iEAR program at Rensselaer for broadcast on public access television.